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NGC5590
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:21:38.3
Declination: +35:12:18
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 12.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cF, S, R, bM *, sf of 2
Sub-type: S0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5590 may also be NGC 5580. See NGC 5579.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5590
13.1" (4/10/86): fairly faint, small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus. Forms a pair with NGC 5589 4.8' NW. NGC 5579 lies 15' W.